International Air Navigation and Sovereignty

Study Notes

Recognition of the desirability of the greatest freedom of international air navigation, subject to the principle of sovereignty and security of the state.
No discrimination on the ground of nationality for the admission and treatment of aircraft of contracting states.

Compulsory certificates of airworthiness and licenses for wireless equipment, at least for aircraft used for commercial purposes.
Mutual recognition of these certificates and licenses by contracting states.
Compulsory licenses for pilots and other personnel in charge of aircraft, with mutual recognition by contracting states.
International rules of the air, including signals, lights, and collision prevention, and regulations for landing and ground procedures.

Special treatment for military, naval, and state aircraft when in government service.
Right of transit without landing for international traffic between two points outside the territory of a contracting state.
Right of use of public airports by aircraft of all contracting states, with charges imposed without discrimination on grounds of nationality.
Principle of mutual indemnity between contracting states to cover damage done to another state.

Necessity of a permanent international aeronautical commission.
Obligation of each contracting state to give effect to the provisions of the convention by its domestic legislation.
Principle that the convention does not affect the rights and duties of belligerents or neutrals in time of war.

Adoption of standard procedures on airport control, radio services, navigational facilities, and use of signals, among others.
Aircraft in transit and their supplies exempt from local duties or charges, and safe from seizures on patent claims.
Carriage of munitions prohibited, and states may restrict carriage of other articles if regulations are applied uniformly to all states.